Conspiracy [2001]

Description

PLOT SUMMARY: Based on the only surviving record of the infamous 1942 Wannsee Conference, the BBC/HBO produced Conspiracy reconstructs the two-hour meeting during which leading members of the SS and the Nazi government made definitive plans for the genocide of Europe's Jews. Sixteen men sit around a table and politely discuss the mechanics and ramifications of murdering millions. As SS General Reinhard Heydrich, overall architect of the Final Solution, Kenneth Branagh is brilliant, charming, manipulative and threatening, a cultured man seemingly without a soul. As his aid, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, Stanley Tucci is the incarnation of the banality of evil, an efficient and self-effacing bureaucrat in a fine performance marred only by a hint of the actor's American accent. Colin Firth is a powerful foil for Branagh as Dr Wilhelm Stuckart, author of Nazi Germany's race laws and a stickler for the rule of law, no matter how insane the law may have become; while David Threlfall makes a striking impression as the one man who comes closest to taking a moral stand, Dr Wilhelm Kritzinger. ABOUT THE DVD: This is Video / Film Express release for the NETHERLANDS market (Region 2 PAL format - same as in the UK, so will play on all standard DVD players in this country). The text on the rear of the packaging is in Dutch. The audio is the original English (with a French option too). The only subtitles available on the disc are Dutch (which have an on / off option - but there are no English subtitles). The presentation is full screen (4:3 ratio), all menus are in English, scene selection is available and extras on the DVD are photo gallery, trailer and synopsis.